Chairman of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross, is to warn the sector against pushy marketing practices including cold-calling and belligerent street collecting, or ‘chugging’.
The head of the government regulator will urge charities to to stop “hounding” would-be donors during a public meeting in Southampton tomorrow, in a bid to salvage the sector’s reputation following a year of controversy surrounding some charities’ fundraising methods.
According to the Sunday Times, Shawcross will call on firms with a charitable status to review their funding strategies, saying: “It cannot be right for vulnerable people, older people, generous people, to be hounded on the telephone, through Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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